Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Well, this has been an unsatisfying couple of years for this tree. It responded to the 2014 wiring by dropping a couple important branches (upper right, lower left), and pouting in 2015. I repotted it 3/16, replacing a lot of old soil, and it responded by pouting through 2016. Plenty of buds, but not much extension. I decided to back way off on styling.
This fall, I pruned very lightly, and cut old, downward-facing needles. I wired 3 branches to begin filling gaps left by dropped branches, and put it back out on the bench. My goal is to get it to fill in a little and soften the view at all sides.
Here's a before, after, and virt replacing the upper-right branch. Yep, its bar-branched all the way up, when it fills in a bit more, it should be less noticeable, but for now, it is what it is.

This fall, I pruned very lightly, and cut old, downward-facing needles. I wired 3 branches to begin filling gaps left by dropped branches, and put it back out on the bench. My goal is to get it to fill in a little and soften the view at all sides.
Here's a before, after, and virt replacing the upper-right branch. Yep, its bar-branched all the way up, when it fills in a bit more, it should be less noticeable, but for now, it is what it is.


